FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, Aug. 2. 1944
COOPER DEFEATS
WYATT, 0L0 FOE
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Cards Wallop Dodgers, H
3 Before Small Crowd
Browns Increase Lead
New York, Aug. 2 (U.P.) The
Idea was inescapable today that
the small crowd which saw
Morton Cooper of the St. Louis
Cardinals beat his old enemy,
Whit Wyatt of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 14 to 3, yesterday was
in on the end of a baseball era.
From the 1941 season until
mid-way last year, the Cards and
Dodgers represented about all
that was powerful in the Na
tional league and Cooper and
Wyatt were their respective
pitching aces.
Until the Dodgers began to
crack up in the middle of the
1943 season, a duel between
Cooper and Wyatt was sufficient
to draw capacity crowds and the
big right-handers never failed to
provide a full measure for the
admission price. In 1941, late in
the season, Wyatt won a 1 to 0
duel over the Cardinal fire-ball
expert that was regard -d as the
turning point In the race, with
the Dodgers going on to win the
pennant. Likewise in 1942,
Cooper was an 11-innlng victor
in 2 to 1 duel at St. Louis
in which both teams went score
Jess for 10 Innings. That the
Cards went on from there to cap
ture the pennant was more than
slightly significant.
The Cards played their role as
overlords of the National league
to perfection, pummeling Wyatt
and his four successors for 17
hits. Yet the idea persisted that
the game found the Cards at
their peak and the Dodgers at
lowest ebb. The Cards, liquidat
ing some of their far-flung farm
holdings are not likely to go on
dominating the league indefi
nitely. Three Homiri
The Cincinnati Reda defeated
the New York Giants, 5 to 4,
with First Baseman Frank Mc
Cormlck continuing his hitting
spree with a three-run homer to
pace the offensive. The Giants
maintained a bare lead in fourth
place over the Chicago Cubs
who were Idle at Philadelphia
in the midst of a seven-game
winning streak because of a
transportation strike which
caused postponement of a dou
ble header. '
The suspended game bugaboo
complicated the standings again
at Boston with Pittsburgh lead
ing the Braves. 12 to 8, in a
game called in the eighth inning
to permit the Bucs to catch a
train.
The St. Louis Browns moved
five and a half games In front
in the American league by win
ning their fourth straight from
Washington. 11 to 6.
Detroit defeated the New York
Yankees, 8 to 4, knocking Ernie
Bonham out in tho third inning.
Cleveland defented Boston's
ace pitcher, Cecil (Tex) Hughson,
8 to 4, in hii bid for his 17th
victory.
Irv Hnll's second extra-Inning
triple In as many dnys again pro
vided the winning run for the
A s over the Chicago White Sox
in the 10th, 2 to 1.
ATHERTON IN HOSPITAL
Los Angeles, Aug. 2. cU.RW
Edwin N. Atherton, Taciflc
Coast conference athletic com
missioner, enters the Santa Mon
ica hospital today for a gall
bladder operation.
Atherton has been 111 for sev
eral months.
Private automobiles are the
only means of passenger trans
portation for 2211 cities in the
United States having a total pop
ulation of 11.162.000.
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ALL-SCIENTIFIC
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It's been a long time since an
armory main event wrestling
match pitted a pair of scientific
operators against each other, so
Thursday night's feature attrac
tion will cijme as a welcome
change to many fans. .
Promoter Mack Llllard, In se
lecting his top-spot combatants,
couldn't have done a better Job
had he had his choice of any two
scientific matmen now In action
on the Pacify coast.
Paavo Katonen, of course, Is
rated the best clean wrestler on
the western seaboard and one of
the greatest In America. Not far
behind is Jack Kaiser of Van
couver, Wash., who will provide
the opposition.
Kaiser appeared here three
tlm In Mav and Heliflhted the
customers with his sensational!
sDeed and knowledge of legiti
mate holds. He has been In the
Los Angeles area for the past
five weeks and ran up an un
broken string of victories. Ho is
considered the most promising
light-heavyweight on the coast
and possesses a very efficient
pinning hold in his alligator
clutch. He Is en route back to
the northwest and was induced
to stop off here for the match
against the big Finnish gent.
Katonen, as befits his status
as coast light-heavy champ, will
probably be the slight favorite.
Few grapplers can match
Katonen's skill along scientific
lines, ' but Kaiser may do lust
that and score an upset victory.
Unlike the one-hour main
event, the four-round center bout
will see a roughneck, in the per
son of Tony Morelll, meeting
Herb Parks, the Canadian light
heavyweight titlest.
Pat O'Dowdy, a rather un
couth character, will face Tex
Porter, a scientific grappler, in
the three-round opener.
HOWTW
STAnD
American
W. L.
St. Louis 59 42
Boston 82 4fl
New York 50 48
Cleveland 51 49-
Detroit 49 50
Chicago 48 50
Philadelphia 44 55
Washington 42 88
National
W. L.
St. Louis . 69 28
Cincinnati 54 42
Pittsburgh 50 40
New York .. 48 51
Chicago 42 47
Boston 39 68
Philadelphia 37 65
Brooklyn 38 68
Pet.
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.563
.558
.474
.472
.411
.402
.396
Pet.
.839
.834
.804
.504
.500
.483
.479
.458
Pacific Coast
W. L.
Los Angeles 62 S3
San Francisco 62 84
Hollywood 59 58
Portland 58 57
Oakland 58 68
Sacramento ... 56 60
Seattle 56 81
San Dlrgo ............ 84 64
Television is called video
transmission to distinguish it
from the transmission of sound
(audio).
Pet.
.584
.531
.821
.510
.495
.479
.444
.429
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Pro Grid War Breaks Out In
Earnest As Teams Seek Men
By Walter Byers
United Press Staff Correspondent
Chicago, Aug. 2 (U.R) The National Professional Football
league declared today that the professional football war, which
has been In the skirmish stage for several months, now is on
in earnest.
Prompted by action of the
American league, composed' of
Pacific coast cities. National
league headquarters here sound
ed a warning to players of Its
own league not to be too hasty
In' accepting offers of newly-organized
competitive leagues,
"nebulous or otherwise," and In
dicated that new leagues should
not be too ambitious when eye
ing players in the National cir
cuit. Battle lines began to form a
short time ago when several new
leagues took shape on paper and
announced: (1) They had plenty
of fresh money, and (2) they
needed football players to form
teams. The first newcomer to
promise open competition to the
National was the United States
league, whose president is Ro
land D. Payne, a Pittsburgh In
dustrialist unknown to the sport
ing world.
The American league plans to
operate this year and recently
asked Elmer Layden, National
league president and commis
sioner, to protect Its property
and players until the far west is
able to compete with the Nation
al, which is 24 years old this sea
son and firmly established as a
going concern. !
However, an announcement by
the American league yesterday
that National league players
have been assigned to Pacific
coast teams touched off the fire
works and ended affiliation pros
pects between the National and
American.
The west coBst outfit received
application blanks from prospec
tive players, pooled the players
for a workout and then assigned
them to three of its teams in a
cooperative venture new to pro
fessional football. They also pro
pose to pool their expenses.
Noting that Dean Hilmlck and
Bill Flsk, Detroit Lion players,
and Vic Carroll, a New York Gi
ant member, were In the pool,
George Strlckler, National
league publicity director, warned
all players In that league that
such fickleness might end their
playing days in the major
leagues.
"Any National league player
who accepts a contract with any
other league," he explained,
"will be ineligible to play in our
league for five years and none
of our teams can play another
team which has on its roster
such a player. For older players,
it may end their careers so far
as the National league is con
cerned." Strlckler said there was room
for another major professional
football league, indicating that
the present crop of aspirants
notwithstanding their grandiose
plans don't appear to be quali
fied. The National league, itself,
harbors post-war plans for the
west coast, ultimately planning
to establish franchises at Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
TRAIN DERAILED
Los Angeles, Aug. 2. (U.R) A
broken rail was blamed today
for the derailment near Saugus,
Cal., last night of 11 cars of the
slwly-moving San Joaquin Day
light, Southern Pacific passenger
train en route from San Fran
cisco here. The locomotive and
seven cars passed the broken rail
but the following cars went off
the track. None overturned and
no one was hurt.
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INTO THIRD SPOT
By United Press
Slapping down the rejuvenat
ed Sacramento Solons 8-4 last
night the San Francisco Seals
climbed to within a half game
of the Idle Los Angeles Angels,
current leaders of the Pacific
Coast league pennant chase.
A 9-8 defeat of Hollywood by
the last place San Diego Padres
enabled the idle Portland Beav
ers to move into a third place
tie with the Twinks. Oakland
tdpped Seattle 3-2 in the other
contest.
Led by Veteran Gus Suhr,
who banged out four hits in five
trips to the plate, the Seals
pounded Sacramento hurlers
Earl Porter and Gene Babbitt
for 12 safeties, while Bill Werle
was keeping 10 Solon hits scat
tered well enough to clinch the
win.
BETZ WINNER OF
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 2 (U.R)
Pauline Betz moved into the sec
ond round of the Deleware State
Grass Court Tennis tournament
today. Justifying her position as
seeded favorite by beating
Cecile Dowes of Philadelphia,
the national squash champion,
6-0, 6-2, yesterday.
Other first round victors were
Margaret Osborne of San Fran
cisco who defeated Gloria But
ler of Los Angeles, 6-1, 8-1; Mrs.
Virginia Kovacs of Oakland,
Calif., a 6-4, 6-2 victor over Lil
lian Lopaus of New York, and
Mrs. Eleanor Cushlngham of
Pensacola, Fla., who ousted
Betty Rosenquest of South
Orange, N. J., 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.
COASTALUSTARS
San Francisco, Aug. 2 (U.R)
Two "all-star" Pacific Coast
league baseball games will be
played In San Francisco and Los
Angeles next Monday night for
the benefit of the Servicemen's
Athletic Equipment fund and the
the American Professional Base
ball Players association, it was
announced today.
Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco squad players will rep
resent the "south" at the bay
city, meeting Sacramento and
Portland for the "north."
In Los Angeles, Hollywood
and San Diego will represent
the south and Seattle and Oak
land the north.
William Gilbert, Queen Eliza
beth's physician, coined electric
ity from elektron, Greek word
for amber.
Salchell Paige Calls '
For Player Strike In
Protest Money Split
Chicago, Aug. 2. (U.R) Leroy
(Satchell) Paige, who boosted
negro baseball to its present
moneyed position with his skin
ny right arm, today was solicit
ing fellow all-star members of
the negro National and Ameri
can leagues to join a strike Aug.
13, the day of the east-west all
star classic at Comiskey park.
A prominent star In eight of
the 12 east-west games, the
"Satch" is organizing the strike
In protest against the manage-j
mem ui me icoeuso . -
fused to follow his suggestion
that 100 per cent of the game's
proceeds go to war relief.
"The big boys are greedy,"
Paige said. "Negro baseball has
growed up to where it is big time
and paying us about $600 per
game. I built this game up and
I want to help the soldier boys,
white and black both."
After more than 2,000 days of
pitching toil, the tall, 38-year-old
negro remains as one of the
greatest pitchers of all time, re
gardless of race. He suggested
last spring that the war relief
chest be the recipient of the
classic's proceeds this year and
when the managements ignored
his advice, "Satch" walked out
for G. I. Joe.
E NINE TO
PLAY HERE TWICE
The Marine Air Base Wingers,
who downed the strong U. S.
Naval Air Station nine of Klam
ath Falls, 9 to 8 two weeks ago,
will meet the Medford-Camp
White league All-Stars in a two
game series here next week-end.
The Saturday night tilt will
start at 9 o'clock, that Sunday
afternoon at 2:30.
The Wingers will be the best
team to show at the fairgrounds
park this season. They handed
AND
FAUCET
IS WAST
Folks waterworks plant materials are
going to war. There won't be new ex
tensions or new services until we beat
the Axis.
The water wasted daily by residential,
commercial, municipal and industrial
water fixtures totals millions of gallons.
CITY OF MEDFORD
the navy fliers their only loss of
the .campaign. The fliers last
Sunday whipped the All-Stars,
12 to 7.
PILCHARDS NEEDED
Washington, Aug. 2. (U.R)
Coordinator of Fisheries Harold
L. Ickes said today that the Pa
cific pilchard fishing season,
which opened yesterday in Cali
fornia, must yield more than 1,
000,000,000 pounds to meet the
demands from military, civilian
and lend-lease agencies.
PLAN OAKLAND TUNNEL
Washington, Aug. 2. (U.R)
Rep. Albert E. Carter, R., Calif.,
said yesterday that plans and
specifications for a new 56,500,
000 tunnel from Oakland to Ala
meda. Calif., have been prepared
and that a contract for its con
struction could be let "at short
notice" after the war.
HW 'Wartime restrictions may keep your i m Sta 1
aquaintance to an occasional bottle of f-j jSS
Barclay's Straight Rye-but note with ? KjQSTl y .
ggj" pleasure that its quality is rigidly maintained. m "
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Central Point Grange I
Central Point grange met July
21 for regular session. Program,
consisted of a comedy and educa
tional pictures, shown by Mr.,
and Mrs. Everett Faber. Herb'
Crain, Mediord navy recruiting
officer, introduced Yeoman
Moore who explained the neces-1
sity of women in the navy, and
the jobs they hold. The Juvenile
grange presented a stunt. Mr.,
and Mrs. Arnold Bohnert werej
program chairmen.
At the meeting August 4, a
musical program will be pre-1
sented, beginning promptly at
8:30. Included will be an accor
dian number by students of the
Eve Prentice Studio. Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. McKibben are pro-,
gram chairmen.
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